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[ad_1] School personnel have the legal right not to return to classrooms due to the spread of COVID, one leading union has said, while another has initiated legal proceedings against the Department of Education. The National Education Union (NEU) has said that all elementary schools must remain closed for at …

[ad_1] All of London’s primary schools are scheduled to close for the start of the new term after the government gave in to protests and legal pressure from local authorities in the capital. The U-turn comes after the government initially appointed 50 education authorities in the south of England, including …

[ad_1] Ministers should consider making the use of face masks mandatory in crowded workplaces, schools and outdoor spaces to help control the new COVID-19 variant, government advisers have said. the variant it could represent 63% of cases in England and 77% in London, suggest figures from the Office for National …

[ad_1] An internet plugin that was responsible for some of the internet’s most beloved viral animations has been officially discontinued. On January 1, the software company Adobe stopped supporting and updating its Flash Player. The company has asked users to uninstall the software before it blocks all Flash content starting …

[ad_1] In a New Year’s Eve message, Donald Trump reflected on his accomplishments in office, calling them “historic victories,” while his incoming successor, Joe Biden, took an optimistic tone as he looked ahead to 2021. After weeks of fighting to stay in office, Trump said in a video posted on …

[ad_1] The French government has been accused of pandering to anti-vaccines after figures showed that only a few hundred people had received a needle stick several days after the country’s vaccine program began. Health officials said France is preparing for “a marathon, not a sprint” and that they are doing …

[ad_1] Australia is planning to build the largest infrastructure project in Antarctica – a new airport and runway that would increase the human footprint in the world’s largest wilderness areas by an estimated 40%. The mega-scheme is likely to involve blowing up petrel colonies, disturbing penguin colonies, and encasing a …

[ad_1] ONLY primary school children and Year 11 and 13 students will return to class on January 4, but some students could stay home until February according to Covid plans. Today, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said the government is still determined to stagger the reopening of schools as planned, …

[ad_1] The government is pushing plans for older elementary and middle school children to return to classrooms next week, despite requests for a delay following the discovery of the new variant of COVID. Officials from Number 10 and the Department of Education were due to meet Monday to discuss the …

[ad_1] The highly infectious mutant strain of coronavirus found in Kent may be more likely to affect children, the scientists warned. Modelers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that the new strain of the virus is 56% more infectious. Even if another national lockdown were implemented, …